Watermelons — Area harvested in Iraq
Iraq: Watermelons — Area harvested was 15,543 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Watermelons — Area harvested in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — area harvested in Iraq is 15,543 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 77.1% on the previous year and down 31.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Iraq peaked at 53,575 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 8,775 ha, in 2023.
Iraq ranks 29th of 131 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Iraq, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,791 ha | — |
| 1962 | 23,932 ha | +15.1% |
| 1963 | 25,471 ha | +6.4% |
| 1964 | 32,025 ha | +25.7% |
| 1965 | 34,500 ha | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 36,315 ha | +5.3% |
| 1967 | 41,518 ha | +14.3% |
| 1968 | 40,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 1969 | 47,046 ha | +17.6% |
| 1970 | 42,844 ha | -8.9% |
| 1971 | 53,000 ha | +23.7% |
| 1972 | 49,250 ha | -7.1% |
| 1973 | 44,111 ha | -10.4% |
| 1974 | 29,351 ha | -33.5% |
| 1975 | 30,751 ha | +4.8% |
| 1976 | 44,793 ha | +45.7% |
| 1977 | 45,649 ha | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 44,550 ha | -2.4% |
| 1979 | 34,300 ha | -23.0% |
| 1980 | 44,025 ha | +28.4% |
| 1981 | 42,100 ha | -4.4% |
| 1982 | 43,925 ha | +4.3% |
| 1983 | 45,600 ha | +3.8% |
| 1984 | 44,575 ha | -2.2% |
| 1985 | 53,575 ha | +20.2% |
| 1986 | 44,450 ha | -17.0% |
| 1987 | 41,650 ha | -6.3% |
| 1988 | 37,475 ha | -10.0% |
| 1989 | 46,275 ha | +23.5% |
| 1990 | 42,775 ha | -7.6% |
| 1991 | 31,750 ha | -25.8% |
| 1992 | 38,000 ha | +19.7% |
| 1993 | 39,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 37,000 ha | -5.1% |
| 1995 | 38,272 ha | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 36,828 ha | -3.8% |
| 1997 | 41,000 ha | +11.3% |
| 1998 | 42,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 49,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 2000 | 53,000 ha | +8.2% |
| 2001 | 53,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 33,250 ha | -37.3% |
| 2003 | 37,000 ha | +11.3% |
| 2004 | 45,750 ha | +23.6% |
| 2005 | 47,750 ha | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 50,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 43,500 ha | -13.0% |
| 2008 | 36,300 ha | -16.6% |
| 2009 | 30,758 ha | -15.3% |
| 2010 | 20,868 ha | -32.2% |
| 2011 | 24,877 ha | +19.2% |
| 2012 | 31,699 ha | +27.4% |
| 2013 | 37,078 ha | +17.0% |
| 2014 | 22,732 ha | -38.7% |
| 2015 | 11,728 ha | -48.4% |
| 2016 | 12,978 ha | +10.7% |
| 2017 | 14,476 ha | +11.5% |
| 2018 | 15,149 ha | +4.6% |
| 2019 | 22,196 ha | +46.5% |
| 2020 | 23,612 ha | +6.4% |
| 2021 | 21,745 ha | -7.9% |
| 2022 | 23,733 ha | +9.1% |
| 2023 | 8,775 ha | -63.0% |
| 2024 | 15,543 ha | +77.1% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 15,543 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5,118 ha, 3.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 15,543 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 3,884 ha, 4.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,511 ha | 20,791 ha | 47,046 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 41,860 ha | 29,351 ha | 53,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 44,365 ha | 37,475 ha | 53,575 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 39,562 ha | 31,750 ha | 49,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 43,031 ha | 30,758 ha | 53,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,378 ha | 11,728 ha | 37,078 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,682 ha | 8,775 ha | 23,733 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 26 Libya 19,623 ha compare
- 27 Cabo Verde 42 ha compare
- 27 Serbia and Montenegro 18,456 ha compare
- 28 Sudan (former) 16,968 ha compare
- 30 Italy 15,510 ha compare
- 31 Colombia 13,142 ha compare
- 32 Azerbaijan 11,997 ha compare
More environment data for Iraq
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -38.03 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -26.27 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.549 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.99 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 6.65 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Iraq?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Iraq was 15,543 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 53,575 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,775 ha in 2023.
- How does Iraq rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 29th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iraq data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Watermelons — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.